Apple have updated the Mac Mini. It now sports an aluminium (no, I am not going to spell it "aluminum") enclosure, an HDMI port, an internal PSU (no power-brick!) and oddly, an SD card slot in the back. There's also an access hole on the bottom to change the RAM easily.

Yes, that price completely sucks. $699 in pounds with 17.% VAT is about £555. But Jobs previously said we should blame our government for this, and lobby them instead.

It's even worse than that - it's £649 inc VAT on the Apple UK store. For a Mac Mini. Are they insane??

I had one of the older Mac Minis for a year before I got my Imac. I paid £399 for it and I thought it was a spectacular machine. Since then there's been two price increases and now it's £649 for a fairly basic computer without a monitor.

The form factor, quietness and HDMI socket are very nice for home cinema but at that price they can forget it. Lunatics.

I've personally owned a ton of Mac kit and my eyes lit up when I saw a new Mac Mini, but there's no way I'm paying this. No keyboard, mouse or screen and despite the HDMI, they can't even give you a cheap Apple remote. That's passable at £499, but £650?!

It's the same as the Mac Pro, which has been hiked and hiked and now starts at a ludicrous £1940.